The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1887-10-05

Ing down the hatchways, yet ct last in The
judgment that iniquity will blase out DO.
fore the throne Of God and the universe.
Furthermore, learn from this subject the
connection between oil
events, however remote. Lord Hastings
WIS beheaded one year after he had
caused the death Of the Queens children,
in the very month, tho very day, the worry
hour and the very moment. There is won
derful precision in the Divine judgments.
Those things that seem frsgmentary and
isolated are only different parts Of that
one great thought. How far apart
seemed the two events-Joseph sold
to the Arabian merchants and the ruler
ship Of Egypt Yet you see in what mystic.
rious way God connected the two in ono
plan. So all events are linked together.
You who are aged can look back and group
together . thousand things in your life
that once seemed isolated. One undivided
chain Of events reached from the Garden
OF Eden to the cross Of Calvary, and thus
up to Heaven. There is . relation between
the smallest insect that huns in tho sum-
mer air and the archangel ON his throne.
God can trace Q direct ancestral line
from shs blue jay that last spring built
his nest In tree behind tho house to soma
one Of that flock of birds which, when
Noah hoisted the Ark's window, with .
whirl and dash Of bright wings went out
to sing over Mount Ararat. The tulips
that bloomed this summer in the flower
bed were nursed Of last winters snow
fakes. Tho furthest star on one side tho
universe could not look to the furthest
star on the other side and say: ''You
are no relation to me-" for from that
bright orb voice Of light woaid ring across
the heavens responding: Eyes, yes, We
are sisters" Sir Sidney Smith in prison
was playing lawn-tennis in the yard and
the ball few over the wall. Another ball
containing letters was thrown back, and
SO communication was opened with the
outside world, and Sidney Smith escaped
in time to defeat Bonsparte's Egyptian OK
petition.
What q small accident connected with
what vast result Sir Robert Peel, from
pattern he drew on the back Of pewter
dinner-plate, gotsuggestions Of that which
led to the important invention by which
calico is printed. Nothing in Gods ussi-
verse swings at loose ends. Accidents are
only Gods way Of turning leaf in the
book Of His eternal DEGREES. From our
cradle to our grave there is path all
marked out. Each event in our life Is con-
nected with every other event in our life.
Our loss may be the most direct road to
our gain. Our defeats and victories are
twin brothers. The whole direction Of
your life was changed by something which
at the time seemed to you trifle, while
some occurrence which seemed tremend.
Gus affected you but little.
The Rev. DR.. Kennedy, Of Basking
Ridge, N. J., went into his pulpit one Sab
bath, and by q strange freak Of memory
forgot his subject and forgot his text, and
| in great embarrassment rose before his
| audience and announced the circumstance
and declared himself entirely unable to
preach; then launched forth in few
earnest words of entreaty and warning
which resulted in the outbreaking Of the
mightiest revival Of religion ever known
| in that State-a revival OF relig.
ion that resulted in churches still standing
and in the conversion Of large number
Of men who entered the Gospel ministry
who have brought their thousands into
the Kingdom of God. Gods plans are
magnificent beyond all comprehension. He
molds us, turns and directs us, and we
know it not. Thousands Of years are to
him but as the flight Of shuttle. The
most terrific occurrence does not make
God tremble, and the most triumphant
achievement does not lift Him into
rapture.
That one great thought Of God goes ON
through the centuries, and nations rise
and fall, and eras pass, and the world
itself changes, but God still keeps the un.
divided mastery, linking event to event
and century to century. To God they are
all one event, one history, one plan, one
development, one system. Great and mar
velous are Thy works, Lord God Al
mighty!
Furthermore: We learn from this story
the propriety of laying up for the future.
During seven years of plenty Joseph pre-
pared for the famine, and when it came
he had crowded store-house. The life
Of most men in worldly respect is d.
} vided into years of plenty and famine.
!; It is seldom that any man passes
!, through life without at least seven
, years Of plenty. During these seven
, prosperous years your business bears a
rich harvest You hardly know where al
the money comes from, it comes so fast
Every bargain you make seems to turn
into gold. You contract few bad debts
: You are astounded with large dividends
You invest more and more capital. Yor
I wonder how men can be content with
small business, gathering in only {
: hundred dollars where you reap YOU
: thousands.
! These are the seven years Of plenty
Now, Joseph, is the time to prepare FOL
famine, for to almost every man there d.
come seven years Of famine You will b,
> sick; you will be unfortunate; you will b.
0 disappointed; you will be old, and II yot
have no store-house upon which to fal
& back you may be famine-struck. We have
no admiration for this denying ones sell
, of all presents comfort and luxury
{ for the mere pleasure of hoard
} ing up, this grasping for the mere pleas
ure of seeing how large pile you can get
. this always being poor and cramped, Be
Q cause as soon as dollar comes in Il 4
: sent out to see II it can't find another dol
/. lar to carry home on its back; but there 1
: an intelligent and undetermined forecas
o which we love to see in men who hav